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[T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16)
[T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16)
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Joseph Campbell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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